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Buzz my daughter was in 8th grade algebra 13 years ago. Most high schools require three years of math starting with algebra. By teaching algebra in junior high it gives the kids who struggle with math extra times to take the other two math classes and the kids who breeze through math a chance to go to a junior college and take classes for credit.
Terri

Back in the day we needed 2 years of high school math to graduate. Those of us that took algebra in 8th grade got high school credit and could be done by 9th grade. But by high school they dumbed down the rules and put in what we all referred to as idiot math.
They actually had math class for idiots that a 6 year old could pass. We were a small high school just 200 in my graduating class. It was highly frowned upon to take the idiot classes! I could grab my year book and tell you who did that!

You guys crack me up sometimes. Do you think the government wrote those? I bet they came from the desk of Obama himself, LOL! They were written by Pearson Education, a private publisher. Those examples have nothing to do with common core.

Same goes for the first post in this thread. BLAME THE WRITERS!!! I got a good chuckle out of going back to the first page of the thread. The guy commenting in the quote says that he has a math minor and the example doesn't make sense to him. Maybe he should do a little self reflection!

Back in the day we needed 2 years of high school math to graduate. Those of us that took algebra in 8th grade got high school credit and could be done by 9th grade. But by high school they dumbed down the rules and put in what we all referred to as idiot math.
They actually had math class for idiots that a 6 year old could pass. We were a small high school just 200 in my graduating class. It was highly frowned upon to take the idiot classes! I could grab my year book and tell you who did that!

At my daughter's high school, the require 3 years of math, algebra, geometry, and algebra 2. I talked to her math teacher. I told him that I thought that was odd & he said they have two tracks. One is college prep, the other is applied. Liz wants to take calculus in high school so she had to have algebra done in 8th grade. To take calculus they require algebra, geometry, advanced algebra 2, pre-calc, then AP Calculus. They actually have 3 algebra 2 classes. Applied algebra 2, regular algebra 2, and advanced algebra 2. I kinda shook my head at that one. Liz's geometry teacher told me he has mixed feelings about common core. I asked him to elaborate, and he told me he would take me up on that when we had more than a few minutes. It was at parent teacher conference and he was on a schedule. Guess he's got a lot to say about it...

"For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." -- Luke 12:48

Buzz, seems like the same program my daughter had in high school. She opted out of pre- calculus and went right to calculus AB and then calculus BC in her junior year of high school. Our high schools are on the semester program, a year of school work is completed each semester, like a college program. Then her senior year she went to the junior college for additional classes and she also took AP stats.

You guys crack me up sometimes. Do you think the government wrote those? I bet they came from the desk of Obama himself, LOL! They were written by Pearson Education, a private publisher. Those examples have nothing to do with common core.

Same goes for the first post in this thread. BLAME THE WRITERS!!! I got a good chuckle out of going back to the first page of the thread. The guy commenting in the quote says that he has a math minor and the example doesn't make sense to him. Maybe he should do a little self reflection!

Come on Buzz, you need to take this serious. Despite the fact that just about every thread and post written on this forum is intended to reveal the unprecedented depth and breadth of incompetence of this administration and their complete failures in doing everything possible with the exception of getting elected through voter fraud; we are now supposed to believe that this administration's real mission is to systematically and strategically infiltrate the education system to brainwash our children and that they will be successful at this.

At my daughter's high school, the require 3 years of math, algebra, geometry, and algebra 2. I talked to her math teacher. I told him that I thought that was odd & he said they have two tracks. One is college prep, the other is applied. Liz wants to take calculus in high school so she had to have algebra done in 8th grade. To take calculus they require algebra, geometry, advanced algebra 2, pre-calc, then AP Calculus. They actually have 3 algebra 2 classes. Applied algebra 2, regular algebra 2, and advanced algebra 2. I kinda shook my head at that one. Liz's geometry teacher told me he has mixed feelings about common core. I asked him to elaborate, and he told me he would take me up on that when we had more than a few minutes. It was at parent teacher conference and he was on a schedule. Guess he's got a lot to say about it...

I have no idea how they do it now but back in our generation (we are about the same age) if you did 8th grade algebra it worked out that as a senior you could take Calc 1and 2 for college credit. If you paid a $10 fee at the beginning of senior year you got an id for the state college system and they got your grades transfered as accepted to any college. Within the CT system it was an auto deal. You did not have to take an AP test as it was the college class.
We did Alegebra 1, plane geometry, Alegebra 2, Trig, Analytical geo and then Calc. We were not allowed calculators until Trig. There were other math classes you could take back in the late 70s early 80's like some computer programming, stats etc. Then they added that you could count a business book keeping class as a math class for graduation. I took that as a senior just because I needed a class and it was #'s.
I think I ended up with 6 1/2 credits not counting that class. If it was counted it would be 7 1/2 with 2 required.

Come on Buzz, you need to take this serious. Despite the fact that just about every thread and post written on this forum is intended to reveal the unprecedented depth and breadth of incompetence of this administration and their complete failures in doing everything possible with the exception of getting elected through voter fraud; we are now supposed to believe that this administration's real mission is to systematically and strategically infiltrate the education system to brainwash our children and that they will be successful at this.

Hate to say but math was harder inthe 70's than today. I'm glad I don't have kids being fed crap in schools!

High school graduating class of 50. Only algebra I, II & plane geometry offered. Due to college placement, wound up in calculus even though I had had no trigonometry. You can imagine what it was like when I didn't even know what a sine or cosine was. College didn't have my transcript but is a long story. To make it even funnier, I have a degree in math but never any trigonometry.

About 1/2 my class graduated from college. One of the poorest in my class, Larry Keen graduated from college with no student loans or help of any kind. Wound up as principal of the very high school where we graduated. He was also the president of our senior class. That should tell all something.

I know we all walked to school up hill, both ways in the snow and did our advanced trigocalculmetry rocket scientist homework by candle light with an abucus, but the times are different.

Whats this snow you speak of ? we had Smog and I did my math homework on paper because you had to show your work...I did learn how to us a slide rule but they quit teaching with those, and I did get my hands on a Texas Instruments pocket calculator, but was not allowed to use in in class..crushed the algebra and geometry classes, struggled with trig and calculus

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